Forget the Surprise [Closed]

[ribbonyidentity]

Characters: Shion Mion Sonozaki and Pip Bernadette
Content: Shion covers Pip's quarters with oodles of decorations to give him a surprise 'welcome back!'  Only problem is that it isn't so much a surprise if he walks in while she's finishing it up. 
Setting: Pip's quarters.
Time: Backlogged to being shortly after the whole intruder-invasion-ordeal.

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[coyotealpha]

Well, at least everything was well done and over with now.

It was nice enough to see that the crew of the Fiertia wasn't out for his blood like they had been when he had left, though then again they had been in the middle of a crisis so there wasn't probably any time to go about with (not so very) personal grudges. Now that it was over though, nobody had quite jumped him yet - which was good.

Pip stretched himself as he walked down the hallway towards his quarters, letting out a contented sigh as he jerked his head to get rid of that annoying crick at the back of his neck. Now that everything was over and had settled down all he needed was to go back to his room and rest for a bit before maybe contacting Greed...

Arriving at his room, the brunette reached out for the handle and turned it with a click before stepping into the room--and froze.

[ribbonyidentity]

It was md-way through the formation of the letter 'l,' when she caught the sound of a click. Abruptly halting, one hand remained hovering near the fabric, with the other near her chest, clenching a single string of lights. The handle. That was the handle turning opening, she realized as she jerked her head in the direction of the entrance. Sure enough, the door swung open barely a second later to reveal no one other than the brown-haired quartermaster

[coyotealpha]

Pip blinked as he took in the sight before him, pretty much surprised at what had happened to his room in the somewhat short amount of time (in his opinion at least) that he had been away. He looked at Mion when she spoke, having gotten his attention and only took a moment to gather back his wits when she suddenly spluttered and started to keep back whatever she was doing on his bed and he himself jerked a little.

"A-Ah, wait!" the brunette went before he could stop himself, pausing for a moment to get a better handle on himself before he rubbed the back of his head before speaking again. "What I mean is zat... what are you doing 'ere, mademoiselle?" It wasn't everyday when you entered your own quarters to find it... well. Like this.

[ribbonyidentity]

At the exclamation of 'wait,' Shion came to a sudden halt, leaving a few strings remaining on the pillow. Shifting her gaze towards him, the corner of her lips quirked upwards lightly. Perhaps it was in semblance of a nervous smile or maybe it was relief that he wasn't upset. Assuming he wasn't already, that was. She still couldn't be entirely certain, but the fact that he hadn't started screaming was a good sign.

"W-Well, I...ah..." She exhaled deeply, shoulders drooping with disappointment as her eyes briefly flickered away from his. "You see, I wanted to give you a nice, warm welcome back by surprising you with all of this..." She swept her arm back, indicating the decorations around the room. "But I guess I timed it wrongly." She gave a helpless chuckle once more. "Er...I hope it's not too unpleasant?" She absentmindedly fingered one of the strings with her left hand as she awaited his response.